FUJIFILM X Acquire Tethered Shooting Software

Features

Once connecting a compatible X Series or GFX camera to a Mac or PC, the FUJIFILM X Acquire enables users to transfer images taken with the camera to the Mac or PC and save them in a specified folder. It also supports backup/restore of camera settings via USB cable. The software can be downloaded from the FUJIFILM website for free.

User Guide 1 - Preparing for Tethered Shooting

1. Put the camera in tether operation mode.

In the AUTO settings (PC SHOOT AUTO / USB AUTO), the camera acts normally when not connected to a Mac or PC, and goes into the tethered shooting mode when connected to a Mac or PC. Note that when the camera is in its default state of tethered shooting, it does not record images to its memory card.* During tethered shooting with the camera in the AUTO (PC SHOOT AUTO / USB AUTO / USB TETHER SHOOTING AUTO) mode, if you unplug the USB cable connecting your camera and computer while there are still images in the camera awaiting transfer to the connected Mac or PC, the camera goes back into normal mode, resulting in the loss of the images awaiting transfer. You can avoid losing images this way by selecting the FIXED settings (PC SHOOT FIXED / USB FIXED / USB TETHER SHOOTING FIXED). However, in this case, the camera stays in the tethered shooting mode regardless of whether any USB cable is connected.

2. Use a USB cable to connect the camera with your Mac or PC

3. Launch FUJIFILM X Acquire

You need to specify the destination folder when you run FUJIFILM X Acquire for the first time. Follow the instructions in the window and specify the destination folder. You can re-select the destination folder again later from the FUJIFILM X Acquire icon in the menu bar (for Mac) / taskbar (for Windows).

User Guide 2 - Specifying where to save your images

In the default state, captured images are transferred to and saved in your Mac or PC computer only. You can specify where your images should be saved according to their types. From the FUJIFILM X Acquire icon in the menu bar (for Mac) / taskbar (for Windows), select [Preferences…].

In the Preferences window, select the [File Type] tab.

The top half allows you to specify file formats to be transferred to and saved in your Mac or PC, while the bottom half allows you to specify file formats to be saved to a memory card in your camera. Even if you specify to save captured images in a memory card, they will not be recorded there if no memory card is inserted into the camera.